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title: "Northern Rough-winged Swallow"
description: "Stelgidopteryx serripennis — Birds. The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-rough-winged-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Rough-winged Swallow

> Stelgidopteryx serripennis — Birds. The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow.

- Scientific name: *Stelgidopteryx serripennis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 35492
- Wikidata: [Q2735005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2735005)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11970)

## Names

- en: Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- de: Graukehlschwalbe
- es: Golondrina Alas Aserradas
- fr: Hirondelle à ailes hérissées
- nl: Noord-Amerikaanse ruwvleugelzwaluw
- pl: Wodówka północna

## Countries with the most observations

US (22348), MX (4449), CA (3953), HN (146), CR (139), GT (93), SV (81), BZ (44), NI (15), PA (9), JM (3)

## Summary

The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_rough-winged_swallow

## Photo

![Northern Rough-winged Swallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-rough-winged-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rob Wadsworth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21390115

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-rough-winged-swallow?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).